Chronicle of My Mother (2012)

6.6/10 • 119 min • Drama

Overview

Best-selling novelist Kosaku Igami has made a career out of using his family as fodder for his novels, much to their dismay. When his mother, the spirited family matriarch, is diagnosed with dementia, Igami must come to terms with the toll his own behavior has taken on his increasingly distant family and resolve his own long-simmering resentments. Evocative of classic Ozu, this gorgeously wrought epic family portrait explores the tenderness and trappings of familial bonds.

Cast

Koji Yakusho

Kirin Kiki

Aoi Miyazaki

Kaho Minami

Midoriko Kimura

Rie Mimura

Akiko Kikuchi

Takahiro Miura

Erina Mano

Rentaro Mikuni

Kumiko Ito

Harumi Shuhama

Tomomi Satō

Makoto Hada

Akihiro Ugajin

Koji Seki

Mariko Akama

Hiroyuki Fujii

Zenki Aramaki

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